Birds of Luc know. 159 



On April 9th, 1898, I took two eggs on an island in the 

 Ganges at Fatehgarh. They were laid in a hollow in the 

 sand near some tufts of grass. They measured 2'lS^x W3" 

 and 2'18 // xl'35 // respectively. In colour they resembled 

 those of (E. scolopax. 



No. 1422. Cursorius coromandelicus. Indian Courser. 



Nukri, Karbanak [H.]. 



This Courier-Plover, with its china-white legs, is fairly 

 common on the bare sandy maidans or on fallow land. It 

 is rarely, I think, found near water. I have never heard 

 it make any call. Eggs have been brought to me which, 

 from their size and the fact that they were only found 

 singly or in pairs, seem to have been correctly identified. I 

 have four of various shades of stone-colour richly marked 

 with dark brown, averaging l'32"x 102". 



No. 1425. Glareola orientalis. Large Indian Pratin- 

 cole or Swallow-Plover. 



Captain Irby says of this species that it was "seen at 

 Alumbagh (three miles from Lucknow) in January 1858." 

 Two skins ( <$ ? adult) are in the Museum, purchased locally. 



No. 1427. Glareola lactea. Small Indian Pratincole or 

 Swallow-Plover. 



Common on all the big rivers. I have, moreover, seen it 

 once or twice in the cold weather on the Goomti. I have 

 taken numbers of its eggs on the sand-banks of the Ganges 

 [Fatehgarh] and theGogra [Fyzabad] in April. Hume speaks, 

 if I remember rightly, of four being the full clutch, but I 

 have never found more than two. When near their treasures, 

 these pretty little birds simulate lameness and broken wings 

 to perfection, quite outdoing the Partridge or the Peewit. 



In colour the eggs are of a pale greenish grey, buff, or 

 stone-colour, lightly marked with brown and lilac. There 

 is no nest, only a hollow in the sand. 



Average of 21 Fyzabad and Fatehgarh eggs. . 1-08" x "81" 



Measurement of largest egg 1'18"X "78" | 



l'07"x-82" f 

 „ smallest egg 0-90" x '80" 



